Ease destroys bravery, trouble creates strength.
-Maimonides
Speech is a great blessing conferred on man by God, thereby distinguishing him from all other creatures. But speech like wine intoxicates the mind. Thus the Prophet said: "He who keeps silent shall be saved." For in silence are concealed many spiritual blessings and in speech many evils.
-Al-Hujwiri
Don't cross the stream to look for water.
-Swedish Proverb
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
-T.S. Eliot
The path to sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism.
-G.J. Nathan
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.
-Ambrose Redmoon
A person thinking he will make no mistake has made one mistake already.
-Klaus A. Hamacher
Own only what you can carry with you; know language, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.
-Alexander Solzhenitsyn
He does not believe who does not live according to his belief.
-Thomas Fuller
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
-Charles A. Beard
The reason so few people are successful is no one has yet found a way for someone to sit down and slide uphill.
-W. Clement Stone